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America Lost & Found Criterion DVD Boxset

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:13:43 +0000

Following the heels of the most monumental & earth-shattering movements in film; The Italian neo-realists making films with locals in the rubble of World War II, the New German Cinema lead by Fassbinder & featuring its own brand of no-hold-barred brutality smashed into the class consciousness of Brecht carrying on the stylized Hollywood traditions of Douglas Sirk, & the French New Wave lead by luminaries like Godard that re-imagined the language of cinema entirely. Few speak fondly of the American New Wave, dismissed as a poser movement of post-hippie addicts & aging 50’s Hollywood stars like Hopper & Nicholson. This criterion DVD set features the most memorable films of this movement where a new wave of auteurs tried to bend & break the fabrics of traditional American cinema by telling stories of working class drifters, bikers, & the people lost in the shuffle of everyday life. This DVD box set features 5 films & comes with free shipping!

White Dog (Criterion DVD)

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:13:43 +0000

Sam Fuller, a remarkable landmark cinematographer that transitioned into a wunderkind director of 60’s Hollywood, few films raised as many eyebrows as one of his last filmmaking experiments; White Dog. Considered an anomaly & an indie film before it was a mainstay genre; this character sketch works as an allegory for whether or not the racist nature of humans can be unlearned. The film’s concept sounds simple enough. A woman driving comes across a rabid dog left on the street & takes it to a animal facility. The doctors want to put it down, but a black trainer believes he can save the dog & help it unlearn its brutal behavior. Soon, the trainer realizes the former owner was a racist & the dog has a penchant for attacking minorities. But can racism be unlearned, or are humans doomed to hold that hatred in for the rest of their lives? This criterion DVD comes with free shipping & the fantastic design they used to be known for.

Scorsese DVD Boxset

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:13:43 +0000

When you think of crime films, mafia movies, & or grand-sweeping epics that ride stylized montages through the past, present, & future to weave historic sagas about some of the worst people in the world, while making the whole experience a blast at the movies… You gotta be thinking of Scorsese. Armed with one of the best editors in history, Thelma Schoonmaker, he’s crafted a filmography that tells its own story of his artistic arc from low-budget Corman filmmaker to Hollywood icon. This boxset captures a mix of the old & the new, with masterworks like “Raging Bull”, his rare misstep of “New York, New York” and one of his earliest works of the 70’s, his early Corman-produced “Boxcar Bertha”. This DVD set is in excellent condition, with strong artistic packaging, & and high-quality transfers of the films. It also comes with free shipping!

The Great Gabbo DVD

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:13:43 +0000

Infamously known for his behind-the-camera work as his behind-the-scenes drama, actor / director Eric Von Stroheim built his legacy & bad reputation with equal parts hard work & hard living. His anti-capitalist epic masterpiece Greed was lost for decades, pieced back by the most noble & patient film archivists, its original 5-hour form still a legend in tinseltown. But his terrifying film The Great Gabbo, which combined the Vaudeville spectacles that captured the world’s admiration in times of war & the terrifyingly complex psychology of ventriloquist performers served as the basis for this pre-code “erotic” thrillers about a tortured artist losing himself to the parasitic nature of his work. This Great Gabbo DVD has one of the better transfers for a film that’s been lost to time & fallen into the congested shadows of public domain. This DVD comes with free shipping!

Jan Svankmajer Collection (OOP DVD set)

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:13:43 +0000

The Czech Republic’s reputation as the mecca of puppetr, & stop motion animation is a legacy that’s yielded surreal post war visionaries like Jiří Barta & Jiří Trnka. But it’s Sculptor / Artist Jan Svankmajer work & filmography that gave the region worldwide acclaim with his whimsical & often macabre works giving life to inanimate objects, the writings of Marquis Desade, or furniture which buries its owner. In this 2 disc DVD collection, all of his best works are included. This was kept in a smoke free environment & is tested; but if you want us to smoke a pack of cigarettes next to it and blow it on the box we can free of charge. This item comes with free shipping.